Likely removed by Nazi researchers, the scrap of fabric is a small but crucial part of the tattered tapestry's nearly ...
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most treasured artworks in the world, depicting the Battle of Hastings, which changed the course of European history. Given its significance, you might be ...
The fragment, found in the estate of textile archaeologist Schlabow, is set to be returned to France this year.
And at Harold's coronation, the tapestry includes a star with a streaming tail — the first known depiction of Halley's Comet. The last scene on the Bayeux Tapestry shows the Battle of Hastings.
And what extraordinary piece of artwork calls this place home? The Bayeux Tapestry, of course. Stretching across a 70-centimetre-wide and 70-metre-long cloth, the tapestry tells the story of ...
Since 1983 the tapestry has been on display in the Grand Seminary of Bayeux in northwest France, part of the Bayeux Museums complex alongside the Normandy Battle Memorial Museum and the Baron ...